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Housing entry pathways of refugees in Vienna, a city of social housing

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This article presents the findings of an empirical study investigating refugees’ difficult entry into Vienna’s ‘tight’ housing market. Arguing that newcomers’ access to housing can be better understood by a closer look at the actors involved in the housing search process, an actor-centred approach is used. Complementing the constructivist pathway framework with a model of search based on Bourdieu’s theory of practice, four types of housing entry pathways could be identified. This study draws on semi-structured in-depth interviews with forced migrants who arrived in Austria in recent years. The analysis of newcomers’ housing entry pathways not only sheds light on the coordination structures at work in a city of social housing, but also on ‘good’ and ‘bad’ rental housing submarkets that have emerged in the course of the recent refugee movement. The paper concludes that a high proportion of social housing does not provide any indication that newcomers are granted better access to secure affordable housing.

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  • Anita Aigner, 2019. "Housing entry pathways of refugees in Vienna, a city of social housing," Housing Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 34(5), pages 779-803, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:chosxx:v:34:y:2019:i:5:p:779-803
    DOI: 10.1080/02673037.2018.1485882
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    1. Andrej PRÍVARA, 2020. "Asylum Seekers And Refugees In Austria: Public Policy And Attitudes," REVISTA ADMINISTRATIE SI MANAGEMENT PUBLIC, Faculty of Administration and Public Management, Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania, vol. 2020(35), pages 58-74, December.
    2. Bernt, Matthias & Hamann, Ulrike & El-Kayed, Nihad & Keskinkilic, Leoni, 2021. "Internal migration industries: Shaping the housing options for refugees at the local level," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, issue Online Fi.
    3. Fanny Dellinger & Peter Huber, 2021. "The Impact of Welfare Benefits on the Location Choice of Refugees. Testing the Welfare Magnet Hypothesis," WIFO Working Papers 626, WIFO.
    4. Angeliki Paidakaki & Richard Lang, 2021. "Uncovering Social Sustainability in Housing Systems through the Lens of Institutional Capital: A Study of Two Housing Alliances in Vienna, Austria," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(17), pages 1-24, August.
    5. Fanny Dellinger, 2021. "Housing Support Policies and Refugees' Labor Market Integration in Austria," Working Papers 2021-32, Faculty of Economics and Statistics, Universität Innsbruck.

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